Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST9 9QS
How much crime is recorded in ST9 9QS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Biddulph Moor & Rudyard
- Council
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,816 (2024)
How safe is ST9 9QS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 12.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST9 9QS area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
12.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
ST9 9QSNational
Violence and sexual offences8.223.6
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Burglary3.79.1
Public order2.94.6
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Other theft2.54.5
Other crime1.11.5
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 43% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.